US1042925A - Wind-shield for automobiles. - Google Patents

Description

J. L. KENNEDY.

WIND SHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED 001. 6, 1910.

1,042,925. Patented Oct. 29, 1912.

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WIND SHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

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p and presenting no material obstruction of provem ents UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN L. KENNEDY, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

WIND-SH'ZIELD, FOB AUTOMOBILES.

L Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented Oct. 29,1912.

Application filed October 6, 1910. Serial No. 585,710.

automobiles, and its principal object is to lessen the air-resistance to the vehicles advance while fully protecting the occupants view.

Other objects will appear hereinafter. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of an automobile with my devices .attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22, looking rearward. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofv the wind shield detached. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section on the line 4%, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail showing a device-for holding the structure of Fig. 3 when it is swung upward and rearward upon its pivot. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66, Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a detail view, partly in section, showing the devices for supporting and securing the rear end of the structure of Fig. 3.

In these views, A represents frame members 0. he vehicle body, B a V-shaped wind shield supported from the same, and C a hood located, as usual, in front of the drivers seat.

The body of the shield comprises a lower and an upper member, the former consisting of a V-shaped metal frame B in each wing of which are fixed transparent plates B preferably of he." vy glass. To the upper edge of each wing is hinged a plane frame 13 in which is set a transparent plate B.- These plane frames are held in the planes of the frame'wings below, when desired, by

means of any suitable tie members B", B, or they may be swung outward and down-- ward until parallel with the plates B re, spectively. As this shield is ordinarily dii'ectly above the hood G air is prevented frompassing upwardly into it from the sur-- face of the hood by a suitable plate or sheet 13, and if desired the top also may be cov ered by an analogous sheet to exclude rain) From the forward edge of the frame B a rigid bar B extendsfgrward and is ada ted to pass over a filling tube {[9, usua ly.

found at the front end of the hood, and restupon a loose colla'rfD, against which it is held by a screw=cap D Increased rigidity is secured by'adding a brace B extending from the bar- B to the upper part of the frame B. {The rear end of the shield is pivoted on each side to a member E fitting accurately-over the diminished upper portlon E of an upright rod- E and locked by a set screw E Near its lower margin on each side the frame 13 is further se-' cured to the corresponding rod E by a rigidly attached pintle like member E closely fitting in an eye E on the rod. The

rods E fit closely in sockets A rigidly c014 nected with the frame members A and are locked by set-screws A. The shield is pivoted as described since it may sometimes be desirable to raise. it without removing it from the machine. When this is desired, the set-screws E are looseued, the cap D is removed, and the reaf end is lifted slightly until the members E are withdrawn from the eyes E these members being shorter than the portions E of the rods E so that the.hood is not freed from the rods. The shield may now be swung on its pivots to the position suggested in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and in Fig. 5, in which position it is tem- 'porarilv held by a spring hook E engaging a stud E on the frame.

When the shield is not wanted, it may be removed'in a few moments by removing the cap D loosening the se -screws A and lifting the .whole bodily; and obviously it. may

be as quickly replaced. a

As this shield extends over the hood, the

latter cannot be raised while it is in place,

and I therefore preferably make the latter .of approximately cylindricalform and form its body in two quadrantal segments F, F arranged to slide in ways F .in the end members, the outer walls F of each way being a curved strip F secured in place by screws, so that the strips and segments may be readily assembled and removed. Attheir upper margins the segments are provided with hooked portions F which are in wedgelike engagement when the segments are in normal position resting on the frame members A. Either segment may be raised exposing the interior, by sliding the segment in its way, a handle F preferably being provided near the segments lower edge, and this lower marginal portion is preferably seated in a slightly tapered groove or seat F when the segment is in closed position; but this method of locking obviously does not exclude other locking devices. While it is preferred to make the hood cylindrical, it is not essential that it have such form, the segments being, from thinness or otherwise, quite flexible. In any case, either segment may be instantly lifted without in any way moving the windshield.

Obviously the shield, from its construction, is very rigid and it deflects the air outward to right and left, the currents deflected themselves tending to protect the occupants of the vehicle from the action of the air through which the machine passes. It- -is also important that the resistance of the air to the machines advance is greatly lessened, materially lowering the ratio of fuel consumption to distance traveled, and allowing higher speed with a. given driving force.

What, I claim is:

1. The combination with a V-shaped wind shield, of two wings hinged to the upper margins ofthe lateral walls of said shield, respectively, to swing downward against said walls and upward into their planes to increase the shields height, and means for locking the wings in raised position.

2, The combination with an automobile having a hood and a fixed portion in front of the hood, of a V-shaped wind shield independent of the hood, above the same,

rotation, and mealns for detachably fixing the front end of said arm.

4. The combination wit-h an automobile, of two removable, shield supporting rods extending upward from the sides, respectively, of the vehicle, members in sliding engagement with the upper portions of the rods, respectively, a wind shield pivoted to said members to swing about a horizontal axis and itself provided with means for engaging and disengaging said rods at a distance from said axis as said members are loweredand raised, and means for preventing said members from sliding.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN L. KENNEDY. Witnesses ARTHUR L. BRYANT, R. CRAIG GREENE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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